Re: Dodgy AS327933 ...?
> On 10 Aug 2023, at 10:57, Mark Tinka wrote: > > Hi all. Hi Mark, > > Anyone know anything about this AS: > > https://bgp.he.net/AS327933 I know someone you might know them. Happy to introduce off-list. > > Mark. Cheers. Darwin-.
Re: S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge
> On 1 Oct 2021, at 16:46, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > >> On 10/1/21 16:19, Blake Hudson wrote: >> >> >> I'll never understand over how ISPs see content providers as the enemy (or a >> rival). The content is why ISPs have customers. Don't get upset when your >> customer uses the service that you sold them (in a way that is precisely in >> accordance with the expected usage)! > > It's because infrastructure (that's us, the network operators), still don't > get it. > > We are no longer front & centre in the eyes of our users. They see us as an > impediment... providers they must buy costly megabytes of mobile data from, > providers they must call to fix broken fibre, providers they must shout at > when a single CGN IPv4 address they sit behind breaks their Netflix, and so > on and so on. > > Users only care about the service they use their mobile phone, tablet, > console or laptop for. They don't care how many customers their ISP has, > whether the ISP is a small mom & pop or some global behemoth, or whether the > ISP's CEO is was on the cover of TIME magazine last week. > > As my American friend used to say, "They just want their MTV". > > In the late 90's and early 2000's, when content folk wanted to work with us, > infrastructure folk, to grow their businesses, we just saw easy, free money > to tax toward our shiny new Lamborghinis and beach side holiday villas. Well, > guess whom we are now begging for seats on their submarine cable build > projects, community funding programs, and caches to be installed in our > not-so-huge data centres, all for free? > > The reason Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, e.t.c., all built their own > global backbones is because of this nonsense that SK Broadband is trying to > pull with Netflix. At some point, the content folk will get fed up, and go > build it themselves. What an opportunity infrastructure cost itself! > > Akamai have also quietly been building their own backbone. Wonder why. > > No doubt Netflix have someone either thinking about the same, or putting a > plan into motion. > > The bad news now, is, there are plenty of many, small, local and regional > ISP's who are willing to do whatever it takes to work with the content > providers. All that's required is some network, a half-decent data centre and > an exchange point. Gone are the days where customers clamored to sign up with > Big Telco. > > If anyone wonders why "infrastructure is dead", well, this is why. > > 21 years later, and we still don't get it! No wonder the mobile companies are > watching their slow death, from the rosy days of billions from basic SMS, to > the perils of 5G investments for diddly return. > > Wake me up when all this is over. I'll be in my wine stupor until then. I couldn’t agree more. > > Mark. Cheers. Darwin-.
Re: wow, lots of akamai
> On 2 Apr 2021, at 11:47, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > >> On 4/2/21 01:41, Tony Wicks wrote: >> >> Local backhaul is plentiful and relatively cheap where as subsea wavelengths >> are extremely expensive and require months of planning. > > Funny, it's the exact opposite for us. Yup, it is... > > Mark. Darwin-.
Re: Apple Catalina Appears to Introduce Massive Jitter - SOLVED! - Update!
> On 22 Nov 2020, at 20:43, J. Hellenthal wrote: > > You can supposedly still use 4.5 4.6 on Big Sur if you do the following but > I have not tested it on Little Snotch, works fine for personal software and > others ... > > codesign -dvvv littlesnitch.package name > Save the team identifier > Boot into recovery mode > Open terminal and type the following... > spctl kext-consent add > Reboot into normal user mode and install version 4 Thanks for the hint. Will have a look into it. > > > > -- > J. Hellenthal > > The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a > lot about anticipated traffic volume. > >>> On Nov 22, 2020, at 11:55, d...@darwincosta.com wrote: >>> >> >>>> On 22 Nov 2020, at 10:17, Mark Tinka wrote: >>>> >>> So after installing Little Snitch and basically denying "trustd" any kind >>> of Internet access, I have been seeing reasonably normal jitter with >>> Bluetooth enabled. >> I actually “saw the same” on Catalina while using little snitch. >> >> “Saw the same” after installing yesterday Big Sur and suddenly received a >> notification “this version of little snitch is no longer supported by macOS. >> It’s looks like I have to pay 25€ for a new compatible version. >>> >>> It's not that Bluetooth stops scanning, but it's not scanning as >>> aggressively. So after a few minutes, there will be very high jitter when >>> Bluetooth scans the environment, but it would affect only a single packet. >>> It's easily reduced its chattiness by 99%. >>> >>> I don't have any empirical data to support the claim that Little Snitch has >>> anything to do with it (and I am too lazy to dig further into it), but the >>> reduction in jitter is massively noticeable since Little Snitch. Which >>> means I can now run Catalina with Bluetooth enabled and not have any wi-fi >>> problems. >>> >>> Just FYI, for the archives :-). >>> >>> Mark. >> >> Cheers, >> Darwin-.
Re: Apple Catalina Appears to Introduce Massive Jitter - SOLVED! - Update!
> On 22 Nov 2020, at 10:17, Mark Tinka wrote: > > So after installing Little Snitch and basically denying "trustd" any kind > of Internet access, I have been seeing reasonably normal jitter with > Bluetooth enabled. I actually “saw the same” on Catalina while using little snitch. “Saw the same” after installing yesterday Big Sur and suddenly received a notification “this version of little snitch is no longer supported by macOS. It’s looks like I have to pay 25€ for a new compatible version. > > It's not that Bluetooth stops scanning, but it's not scanning as > aggressively. So after a few minutes, there will be very high jitter when > Bluetooth scans the environment, but it would affect only a single packet. > It's easily reduced its chattiness by 99%. > > I don't have any empirical data to support the claim that Little Snitch has > anything to do with it (and I am too lazy to dig further into it), but the > reduction in jitter is massively noticeable since Little Snitch. Which means > I can now run Catalina with Bluetooth enabled and not have any wi-fi problems. > > Just FYI, for the archives :-). > > Mark. Cheers, Darwin-.
Re: SaoPaolo to Frankfurt
> On 13 Jul 2020, at 17:17, Rubens Kuhl wrote: > > > > >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:01 PM Mark Tinka wrote: >> >> >> On 12/Jul/20 17:19, Rubens Kuhl wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Alternative routes before EllaLink comes into operation would be one of the >>> Brazil-Africa cables (one to Cameroon, the other to Angola) and then to >>> Europe. >> >> Are you talking about SAex? >> >> There is SACS as well. >> > > Brazil-Angola cable is SACS, which for an European route would be paired with > WACS to go from Angola to Portugal. > Brazil-Cameroon cable is SAIL, which to get to Europe would be paired with > ACE to go from Cameroon to Portugal or France. Correct. > > > Rubens Darwin-. >
